[ovs-dev] [PATCH 3/3 v5] Windows: document multiple NIC support setup

Alin Serdean aserdean at cloudbasesolutions.com
Tue Sep 13 18:13:40 UTC 2016


This patch updates the documentation on how to set up OVS with multiple
NICs.

Also update the documentation to show users how new internal ports are
created

Signed-off-by: Alin Gabriel Serdean <aserdean at cloudbasesolutions.com>
Acked-by: Paul Boca <pboca at cloudbasesolutions.com>
---
v5: Rebase
v4: Address comments
v3: Add acked
v2: Rebase
---
 INSTALL.Windows.md | 143 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL.Windows.md b/INSTALL.Windows.md
index 59f3936..df5017d 100644
--- a/INSTALL.Windows.md
+++ b/INSTALL.Windows.md
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ or from a distribution tar ball.
   directories, etc. For example,
 
     % ./configure CC=./build-aux/cccl LD="`which link`" \
-      LIBS="-lws2_32 -liphlpapi" --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" \
-      --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" \
-       --with-pthread="C:/pthread"
+      LIBS="-lws2_32 -liphlpapi -lwbemuuid -lole32 -loleaut32" \
+      --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" \
+      --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" --with-pthread="C:/pthread"
 
     By default, the above enables compiler optimization for fast code.
     For default compiler optimization, pass the "--with-debug" configure
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ Note down the directory where OpenSSL is installed (e.g.: C:/OpenSSL-Win32).
 For example,
 
     % ./configure CC=./build-aux/cccl LD="`which link`"  \
-    LIBS="-lws2_32 -liphlpapi" --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" \
-    --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" \
-    --with-pthread="C:/pthread" --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win32"
+    LIBS="-lws2_32 -liphlpapi -lwbemuuid -lole32 -loleaut32" \
+    --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" \
+    --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" --with-pthread="C:/pthread" \
+    --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win32"
 
 * Run make for the ported executables.
 
@@ -142,10 +143,11 @@ level 'make' will invoke building the kernel datapath, if the
 For example,
 
     % ./configure CC=./build-aux/cccl LD="`which link`" \
-    LIBS="-lws2_32 -liphlpapi" --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" \
-    --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" \
-    --with-pthread="C:/pthread" --enable-ssl \
-    --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win32" --with-vstudiotarget="<target type>"
+    LIBS="-lws2_32 -liphlpapi -lwbemuuid -lole32 -loleaut32" \
+    --prefix="C:/openvswitch/usr" --localstatedir="C:/openvswitch/var" \
+    --sysconfdir="C:/openvswitch/etc" --with-pthread="C:/pthread" \
+    --enable-ssl --with-openssl="C:/OpenSSL-Win32" \
+    --with-vstudiotarget="<target type>"
 
     Possible values for "<target type>" are:
     "Debug" and "Release"
@@ -186,8 +188,7 @@ to work (covered later).
 
 The command to create a new switch named 'OVS-Extended-Switch' using a physical
 NIC named 'Ethernet 1' is:
-    % New-VMSwitch "OVS-Extended-Switch" -AllowManagementOS $true \
-                   -NetAdapterName "Ethernet 1"
+    % New-VMSwitch "OVS-Extended-Switch" -NetAdapterName "Ethernet 1"
 
 Note: you can obtain the list of physical NICs on the host using
 'Get-NetAdapter' command.
@@ -278,23 +279,20 @@ connected to the Hyper-V switch. I.e. let us suppose we created the Hyper-V
 virtual switch on top of the adapter named 'Ethernet0'. In OVS for Hyper-V, we
 use that name('Ethernet0') as a special name to refer to that adapter.
 
-Note: Currently, we assume that the Hyper-V switch on which OVS extension is
-enabled has a single physical NIC connected to it.
-
-Internal port is the virtual adapter created on the Hyper-V switch using the
-'AllowManagementOS' setting.  This has already been setup while creating the
-switch using the instructions above.  In OVS for Hyper-V, we use a the name of
-that specific adapter as a special name to refer to that adapter. By default it
-is created under the following rule "vEthernet (<name of the switch>)".
+Internal ports are the virtual adapters created on the Hyper-V switch using the
+ovs-vsctl add-br <bridge> command. By default they are created under the
+following rule "<name of bridge>" and the adapters are disabled. One needs to
+enable them and set the corresponding values to it to make them IP-able.
 
 As a whole example, if we issue the following in a powershell console:
-PS C:\package\binaries> Get-NetAdapter | select Name,MacAddress,InterfaceDescription
+PS C:\package\binaries> Get-NetAdapter | select Name,InterfaceDescription
 
-Name                   MacAddress         InterfaceDescription
-----                   ----------         --------------------
-Ethernet1              00-0C-29-94-05-65  Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
-vEthernet (external)   00-0C-29-94-05-5B  Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #2
-Ethernet0              00-0C-29-94-05-5B  Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection #2
+Name                   InterfaceDescription
+----                   --------------------
+Ethernet1              Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
+br-pif                 Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #2
+Ethernet0              Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection #2
+br-int                 Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #3
 
 PS C:\package\binaries> Get-VMSwitch
 
@@ -302,13 +300,11 @@ Name     SwitchType NetAdapterInterfaceDescription
 ----     ---------- ------------------------------
 external External   Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection #2
 
-
-We can see that we have a switch(external) created upon adapter name 'Ethernet0'
-with an internal port under name 'vEthernet (external)'. Thus resulting into the
-following ovs-vsctl commands
+We can see that we have a switch(external) created upon adapter name
+'Ethernet0' with the internal ports under name 'br-pif' and 'br-int'. Thus
+resulting into the following ovs-vsctl commands
 
     % ovs-vsctl add-port br-pif Ethernet0
-    % ovs-vsctl add-port br-pif "vEthernet (external)"
 
 * Dumping the ports should show the additional ports that were just added.
   Sample output shows up as follows:
@@ -317,18 +313,17 @@ following ovs-vsctl commands
     system at ovs-system:
             lookups: hit:0 missed:0 lost:0
             flows: 0
-            port 4: vEthernet (external) (internal) <<< 'AllowManagementOS'
-                                                         adapter on
-                                                         Hyper-V switch
-            port 2: br-pif (internal)
-            port 1: br-int (internal)
+            port 2: br-pif (internal)               <<< internal port
+                                                        adapter on
+                                                        Hyper-V switch
+            port 1: br-int (internal)               <<< internal port
+                                                        adapter on
+                                                        Hyper-V switch
             port 3: Ethernet0                       <<< Physical NIC
 
     % ovs-vsctl show
     a56ec7b5-5b1f-49ec-a795-79f6eb63228b
         Bridge br-pif
-            Port "vEthernet (external)"
-                Interface "vEthernet (external)"
             Port br-pif
                 Interface br-pif
                     type: internal
@@ -374,8 +369,7 @@ with OVS extension enabled.
     system at ovs-system:
             lookups: hit:0 missed:0 lost:0
             flows: 0
-            port 4: vEthernet (external) (internal)
-            port 5: ovs-port-a
+            port 4: ovs-port-a
             port 2: br-pif (internal)
             port 1: br-int (internal
             port 3: Ethernet0
@@ -383,8 +377,6 @@ with OVS extension enabled.
     % ovs-vsctl show
     4cd86499-74df-48bd-a64d-8d115b12a9f2
         Bridge br-pif
-            Port "vEthernet (external)"
-                Interface "vEthernet (external)"
             Port "Ethernet0"
                 Interface "Ethernet0"
             Port br-pif
@@ -397,6 +389,73 @@ with OVS extension enabled.
             Port "ovs-port-a"
                 Interface "ovs-port-a"
 
+Steps to add multiple NICs to be managed by OVS
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+To leverage support of multiple NICs into OVS, we will be using the MSFT
+cmdlets for forwarding team extension. More documentation can be found
+under:
+https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj553812%28v=wps.630%29.aspx
+
+Eg:
+We will set up a switch team combined from 'Ethernet0 2' and 'Ethernet1 2'
+named external.
+
+% Get-NetAdapter
+
+Name                      InterfaceDescription
+----                      --------------------
+br-int                    Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #3
+br-pif                    Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #2
+Ethernet3 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Co...#3
+Ethernet2 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Co...#4
+Ethernet1 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Co...#2
+Ethernet0 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Conn...
+
+% New-NetSwitchTeam -Name external -TeamMembers "Ethernet0 2","Ethernet1 2"
+% Get-NetSwitchTeam
+Name    : external
+Members : {Ethernet1 2, Ethernet0 2}
+
+This will result in a new adapter bound to the host called 'external'
+
+% Get-NetAdapter
+
+Name                      InterfaceDescription
+----                      --------------------
+br-test                   Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #4
+br-pif                    Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #2
+external                  Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexo...
+Ethernet3 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Co...#3
+Ethernet2 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Co...#4
+Ethernet1 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Co...#2
+Ethernet0 2               Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Conn...
+
+Next we will set up the Hyper-V VMSwitch on the new adapter 'external'
+
+%New-VMSwitch -Name external -NetAdapterName external -AllowManagementOS $false
+
+Under OVS, the adapters added to the team, 'Ethernet0 2' and 'Ethernet1 2', can
+be added either under a bond device or separately.
+
+In our example here is how the bridges look with the NICs being separated under
+different bridges:
+
+% ovs-vsctl show
+6cd9481b-c249-4ee3-8692-97b399dd29d8
+    Bridge br-test
+        Port br-test
+            Interface br-test
+                type: internal
+        Port "Ethernet1 2"
+            Interface "Ethernet1 2"
+    Bridge br-pif
+        Port "Ethernet0 2"
+            Interface "Ethernet0 2"
+        Port br-pif
+            Interface br-pif
+                type: internal
+
 Steps to configure patch ports and switch VLAN tagging
 ------------------------------------------------------
 The Windows Open vSwitch implementation support VLAN tagging in the switch.
-- 
2.9.2.windows.1



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